Egg-poacher.



PATENTED AUG. 21, 1906.

S. LEAGH. EGG POAGHBR.

APPLICATION TILED AIB. '1. 1905.

- in which e ass esannnr. LEACH, or

CHISWICK, ENGLAND.

EGG-POACHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 21, 1906.

Application filed April 7. 1905. Serial No. 254,351.

To zjolboiit it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL LEAoH, salesman, a subject of the King of Great Britain, fresiding at 47 Linden Gardens, Chiswick, in the county of London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in or Relating to Eg -Poachers, of which the following is a speci 'cation.

This invention relates to appliances for use in poaching eggs, the object being to provide means whereby the egg may be readily freed from adhesion to the poaching vessel or com partment pertaining to the appliance.

In poaching appliances as ordinarily constructed considerable difficulty is experippd after the poaching operation has been g ir lpshed III remov ng the egg from the s l, arise, t the a e i e character of the egg. I

The present invention is designed to obylate the difficulty above referred to, andwith this object the vessel pertaining to the poaching appliance is provided With a blade or separator adapted to fit against or in close p Xl -i y to the interior of the said vesse the said blade being pivoted in such a manner that when turned -about the pivot the blade traverse the entire interior surface of the vessel and operate to free the egg t sai sur ac I I In order that the invention'may be clearly understood and readily carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the same w th reference to the accompanying drawings, 1n Whicl1- V Figure 1 is a section of an appliance for use in poaching eggs having my improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2 1s a plan corresponding with Fig. 1. Fig. 3 1s a View of the under side of an arrangement in which two vessels are gpp nected together for enabhngtwo eggs to be poached at thesame time. 1g. 4 is a view of the under. side, illustrating an arrangement whereby three eggs may be I cached at the same time.

The appliance comprises a cup or body a e spnreaimate y llow he spheri a f i "is deposited for the purpose of being poached or boiled, Near. the mouth or open portion of the cup and at diametrically opposite points is pivoted, as at a a, a blade'or. separator 1;, adapted to conform to the interior surface of the cup, or body a, so that when turned about the pivots the said blade Will sweep over. orv close against the s ter r sur a e 9 t e st or e rsil the appliance with a handle, as

I be apparent.

- obviated,

b is a thumb-piece, whereby the blade or separator may be turned about the pivots a a The cup or body may be constructed of metal or other suitable material, and the lade or separator may also be composed of metal. The cup or body in the form illustrated In Fig. 1 is preferably provided with a foot-base or stand, as at 0, whereby the apphance may be enabled to take a firm seating on the bottom of the saucepan or other utenbeing, moreover, provided at cl, for inserting or with drawing the same in or from the said utensil or'otherwise manipulating the poacher.

In the constructions illustrated, respect1vely,-in Figs. 3 and 4 the handle (1 is preferabl'y continued beneath the cups or bodies a and bent in such a manner as to constitute the foot-base or stand, as at d, the said Wife serving to connect the several cups or bodies a by being soldered or otherwise secured to the under side of each cup or body, as at a a l As will be readily understood, each cup or body a is provided with a blade or separator h and a turning-piece b.

The mode of operating the appliance Will Assuming an egg is about to be poached, the blade is turned, so as to assume the position indicated in broken lines at b in. Fig. 2. The egg is then placed or de posited in the cup or body a, and after being subjected to the required action the appliance is Withdrawn from the saucepan or other utensil and the blade I) turned to a cor responding position on the opposite side of the cup or body to that indicated in broken. lines in Fig. 2. This movement of the blade will have the effect of entirely freeing the egg from theinteriorsurface of the vessel, and the egg may then be turned out in a. whole or perfect condition, all difficulty incidental to the usual methods of freeing the egg being What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States,

1. In combination, a receptacle; a blade, shaped to conform to said receptacle, se 1 cured to the side walls of the latter by pivots l extending transversely of the said Walls and means, for manipulating said blade whereby i it may-be swungperpendicularly relatively to said receptacle.

2. In combination, a substantially semil spherical receptacle; a blade secured to said ,receptacle by P LWtS passing; transversely through opposite portions thereof and of the said receptacle from the top edge at one side Wall of said receptacle; and means for mato the top edge at the other side.

nipulating said blade to cause the same to In testimony whereof I have hereunto set IIlOVG' perpendicularly relatively to said remy hand, in presence of two subscribing Wit- 5 ceptaple. b nesses, this 18th day of March, 1905.

3. 11 com ination, a rece tacle having a base for supporting the same and a handle; a l SAMUEL LEACH' blade pivoted to said receptacle at opposite Witnesses: sides of the latter; and means for Inanipulat- F. J. RAPsoN,

1o ing said blade so as to swing the same across 1 E. W. JOHNSON. 

